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The Circulatory System

This connection gives access to a network that trades in human blood sources. Benefits may provide vessels, specialized research, transport, or knowledge of Resonance.

Overview

Choose benefits that fit your history and agree their people, places, and obligations with the Storyteller. Each benefit below is a separate purchase.

Details

Purchasing benefits
Buy each benefit separately at its listed dot cost. Higher-dot purchases do not include lower-dot benefits.

Benefits

1 · Tap into the System

Once per story, request vessels with a particular useful blood quality or suitable for a Ventrue feeding restriction.

Earlier tiers
Not required

2 · Little Black Book

Add one die to Investigation, Alchemy, Medicine, or Science tests that locate or examine a particular blood vintage. Researching a new level 2 or 3 Thin-Blood Alchemy formula takes half the normal time. The Storyteller decides which claims in the book are reliable.

Earlier tiers
Not required

3 · Farm Upstate

You know a vessel farm equivalent to Herd 4. Feeding there is limited to once per week unless you openly take control. Access may involve payment, negotiation, or a raid rather than ownership.

Earlier tiers
Not required

4 · Secure Transit

You have access to an armored vessel-transport van, providing a practical way to arrange protected travel for one or more Kindred. Establish whether your access is legitimate or obtained by taking the vehicle.

Earlier tiers
Not required

5 · Blood Sommelier

Add two dice to tests identifying blood Resonance, and allocate three dots among Contacts, Allies, or Haven Merits supporting your expertise. Once per story, ask the Storyteller about the blood properties of the most valuable available vessel.

Earlier tiers
Not required

Feature

Learning
Independent tiers

References

Vampire: The Masquerade Corebook · p. 386 (PDF p. 388)
The Circulatory System · Verified: identity, eligibility, five separately purchased benefits, costs and limitations
VTM Wiki: Loresheets · Open source ↗
Corebook Loresheets; identity and eligibility · Verified: identity, eligibility, five separately purchased benefits, costs and limitations